高二英语专项训练(3)阅读理解

A ★

We know the mosquito very well. Mosquitoes fly everywhere. They can be found almost all over the world， and there are more than 2，500 kinds of them.

No one likes the mosquito. But the mosquito may decide that she loves you. She? Yes，she. It‟s true that male mosquito doesn‟t bite（咬） and only the female mosquito bites because she needs blood to lay eggs. She is always looking for things or people she wants to bite. If she likes what she finds， she bites. But if she doesn‟t like your blood，she will turn to someone else for more delicious blood. Next time a mosquito bites you，just remember you are chosen. You‟re different from the others!

If the mosquito likes you，she lands on your body without letting you know. She bites you so quickly and quietly that you may not feel anything different. After she bites，you will have an itch（痒） on your body because she puts something from her mouth together with your blood. By the time the itching begins，and she has flown away.

And then what happens? Well，after her delicious dinner，the mosquito feels tired. She just wants to find a place to have a good rest. There，on a leaf or a wall， she begins to lay eggs，hundreds of eggs.

( )1. “Mosquito” means _______ in Chinese.

A. 苍蝇 B. 蜻蜓 C. 跳蚤 D. 蚊子 ( )2. We know mosquitoes very well because ____.

A. they can be found easily B. they fly here and there

C. there are many kinds of them D. they can fly

( )3. If the mosquito doesn‟t bite you, it will ____.

A. get angry with you B. be afraid of you C. make a lot of noise D. choose another one

( )4. The mosquito bites you _________.

A. when you„re asleep B. because you have choose it

C. too quickly to let you know D. but doesn„t like you ( )5. Which of the following sentences is wrong?

A. The itching begins after the mosquito bites you.

B. You feel terrible when the mosquito bites you.

C. Mosquitoes use blood to lay eggs.

D. All the mosquitoes don„t like to bite people for blood.

B ★★

Kate: Has your sister‟s baby arrived yet? John: Yes, I‟ve been an uncle since yesterday noon.

Kate: Congratulations! Is it a boy or a girl? John: An eight-pound boy. They named him Francis. That‟s spelled with an “i” before the “s”, you know.

Kate: That‟s right. Frances with an “e” is a girl‟s name. But they are both pronounced the same. Why did they name your nephew Francis?

John: I don‟t know. They considered a lot of other names, like Richard, Edward, Philip, David, and several others.

Kate: What if the baby had been a girl? Didn‟t they have any girl‟s names in mind?

John: They couldn‟t agree on any. Whenever he suggested a girl‟s name, she said, “I hate that name!” Some people have very strong feelings about names.

Kate: I think most people do. Sometimes I decided not to like someone I haven‟t even met, just because I don‟t like his name.

John: That reminds me of something I read a few days ago. Somebody had found out that school children with certain names get low marks in school just because of their names.

Kate: Their family names?

John: No, their first names. That‟s what the article said.

( )1. The first sentence “Has your sister‟s baby

arrived yet?” means _______.

A. Has your sister‟s baby come here yet? B. Has your sister‟s baby reached your home yet?

C. Has your sister‟s baby been sent to you yet? D. Has your sister given birth to that baby yet? ( )2. Which of the following is NOT true

according to this passage?

A. Francis is boy‟s name. B. Frances is a girl‟s name.

C. Francis and Frances have the same pronunciation.

D. There is no difference between Francis and Frances.

( )3. According to the passage, we can infer that

a nephew is _______. A. a baby boy B. a baby girl

Self-control is man‟s last and greatest victory. If a man lacks self-control he seems to lack everything. Without it he can have no patience, no power to govern himself; he can have no self-confidence, for he will always be controlled by his strongest feeling. If he lacks self-control, the very backbone and nerve of character are lacking also. (from www.nmet168.com) ( )1. What‟s the main idea of the passage?

A. The importance of self- control. C. the son of one‟s brother‟s or sister‟s

D. the daughter of one‟s brother‟s or sister‟s. ( )4. Reading the passage, we can know _______.

A. Americans have only first names B. Americans have only family names

C. Americans have both first names and family

names

D. Americans have either first names or family

names

C ★★★

“The first and best of victories is for a man to conquer himself; to be conquered by himself is, of all things, the most shameful,” says Plato. Self-control is at the root of all the advantages. Let a man give in to his impulses(冲动) and feelings, and from that moment he gives up his moral(道德) freedom.

A single angry word has lost many friends. When Socrates found in himself any temper or anger, he would check it by speaking low in order to control himself. If you are conscious of being angry, keep your mouth shut so that you can hold back rising anger. Many a person has dropped dead in great anger. Fits of anger bring fits of disease. “Whoever the gods would destroy they first make them mad.” “Keep cool,” says Webster, “anger is not argument.” “Be calm in arguing,” says George Herbert, “for fierceness(狂怒) makes error a fault.”

To be angry with a weak man is to prove

that you are not strong yourself. “Anger,” says Pythagoras, “brings with folly and ends with regret.” You must measure the strength of a man by the power of the feelings he conquers, not by the power of those which conquer him.

B. How to conquer oneself?

C. The relation between a man‟s moral freedom and his feelings. D. A man should keep cool.

( )2. What‟s the meaning of “whoever the gods

would destroy they first make them mad”? A. If you are mad, the gods will kill you. B. If you lose your temper first, gods will kill you first.

C. If you can‟t control yourself, you will be crazy.

D. If the gods want to kill you, they will make you mad first.

( )3. Which of the following is NOT true,

according to passage?

A. The first and best of victories is for a man

to conquer himself.

B. You will make a small mistake serious if

you don‟t keep cool.

C. You must measure a man‟s strength by the

power of the feelings which conquer him. D. Anger brings with folly and ends with regret.

( )4. Which of the following can‟t help you

avoid anger, according to the passage? A. Be calm in arguing.

B. Check your temper or anger by speaking low.

C. Keep your mouth shut.

D. Try to make the other angry first.

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